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Can eye floaters be cause by stress? and or watching too much tv!
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No: you are just more aware of them during times of stress and watching tv.
Answered 12/26/2014
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Neither: Floaters are due to variations in the anatomy of structures in the back of the eye and are opacities in the vitreous. Stress and TV or computer viewing will not affect them one way or the other.
Answered 8/23/2016
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